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UNDATED (AP) - Sidney Crosby scored two goals and the Pittsburgh Penguins regained first place in the East Division with a 7-3 win over the Philadelphia Flyers. Marcus Pettersson, Jake Guentzel, Jason...

State Police say a 55-year-old trucker from Mobile Alabama was seriously injured when his truck overturned on the I-64 and 57 tri-level Monday night. Preliminary investigative details indicate Tony Jo...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois says it's officially placed the James R. Thompson Center that houses state government offices in downtown Chicago up for sale. Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Dep...

MECHANICSBURG, Ill. (AP) - The National Weather Service said Tuesday that four tornadoes touched down Monday evening in central Illinois but no damage was reported as the storms swept across farm fiel...

TUSCOLA, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois woman has been charged with murder and other counts in connection with the March deaths of her infant daughter and her boyfriend in a fire. Illinois State Polic...

America's normal temperature is now a degree hotter than just 20 years ago. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Tuesday released climate figures showing the nation's new normal tempera...

Margaret M. Comper, 98, of Central City, passed away Sunday, May 1, 2022 at Fireside House of Centralia. A life-long resident of Central City, Mrs. Comper was employed as a cook for Central City Grade...

The Salem City Council Monday night selected Kaskaskia College Administrator Amy Troutt to fill the remainder of the council term of now Mayor Nic Farley. Troutt says she's excited about the opportuni...

The Regional Superintendent of Schools for Clinton-Jefferson-Marion-Washington Counties has announced his retirement. Ron Daniels is in his tenth year as Regional Superintendent, first for Jefferson a...

The state may be able to soon enter the "Bridge" Phase of Covid-19 mitigations. Enough seniors are vaccinated for Illinois to move into the Bridge Phase, which increases capacity limits in several dif...